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19 Cards in this Set
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The Eagles got their start in 1971 mainly from the backup band of Tammy Wynette |
False |
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The bossa nova was a style that caught on well and enjoyed a long, distinguished history. |
False |
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Gloria Estefan is originally from Cuba |
True |
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Our text states that Merle Haggard was the most successful country crossover artist of the 1970s |
False |
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The album Home (Dixie Chicks, 2002) is notable for the tasty use of synthesizers in their mix |
False |
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The Dixie Chicks started out busking on street corners in Dallas |
True |
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Salsa updated the uptown mambo assimilating both Latin and American styles |
True |
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The style of music associated with Gloria Estefan is termed "Tropical Tejano" |
False |
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Roy Orbison was very influential in his synthesis of rock and country |
True |
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The most popular country group of all time |
Alabama |
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Successful country singer, actress, and business woman |
Dolly Parton |
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Popular country group that got their start as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt |
The Eagles |
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The most successful country crossover artist of the 1970s |
Willie Nelson |
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Country star whose career, when stalled from alcoholism, was revived with the hit song, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
George Jones |
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Centre of country music |
Nashville |
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Hit song for Tammy Wynette |
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" |
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The fusion of rock and honky-tonk beats as typified in the music of the Eagles |
Country rock |
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A country music style in reaction against Nashville's calculated commercialism |
"Outlaw" movement |
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A synthesis of country music instruments, styles, and conventions with rock's styles and conventions |
Countrification |
